Is This Music?!?! is a music education podcast about how people experiment with music. Your host is Justin Anthony Spenner, a baritone and lover of all things moody and complex. He interviews composers, performers, and other interesting folks about their art, the beauty of complexity, and New Music Icon impressions. Let's get your ears weird.
"I just want to talk to them (chickens)"- Pamela Z
The guest this episode is composer/performer Pamela Z: Minimalist. Loopist. Vocalist. Conversationalist. Cartoonist? I don' t know, we never talked about it.
This episode is brought to you by Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble. Follow them, subscribe, and keep your ears weird!
Pamela Z Links : Website; (https://pamelaz.com/)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/pamelazed/?hl=en)
Zeitgeist Links New Music Links: Website (http://www.zeitgeistnewmusic.org/); Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/zeitgeistnewmusic/?hl=en); FB (https://www.facebook.com/zeitgeistnewmusic/)
Track list (in order):
He Says Yes
Timepiece TrIptych: Declaratives
Two Black Rubber Raincoats
Pop Titles 'You'
The Unraveling: 1. Joni
Echolocation
21 Feb 2025
Music is better through a balloon- Jay Afrisando
Justin and Jay Afrisandotalk about how our ears are messed, and how music can still be made to accommodate that.
1 Nov 2023
Malleable thought containers -Mary Ellen Childs
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Get in touch at: isthismusicpod.gmail.com
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Season 3 is brought to you by Zeitgeist New Music! Check them out and let your ears receive weirdness:
http://www.zeitgeistnewmusic.org/ (http://www.zeitgeistnewmusic.org/)
https://www.instagram.com/zeitgeistnewmusic/ (https://www.instagram.com/zeitgeistnewmusic/)
Mary Ellen Childs is my guest this episode! Among the rabbit holes are: Music for the senses; structure for the sparsity; creativity for the creation.
Check out Mary Ellen's NORTH at Carleton College (http://www.zeitgeistnewmusic.org/north.html) in Northfield, MN through November 15th, 2023!
And keep up with Mary Ellen Childs HERE (http://www.maryellenchilds.com/)
Music used in this episode (in order):
Faint Object Camera by Mary Ellen Childs; performed by Zeitgeist
Aurora from NORTH by Mary Ellen Childs; performed by Zeitgeist
II. Points from Ephemeral Geometry by Mary Ellen Childs; performed by ETHEL (https://ethelcentral.org/)
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